Ingolstadt sense safety away at fellow newcomers Darmstadt

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Summary

- Both newly-promoted sides in good shape to stay up.

- Neither side has yet occupied a relegation spot.

- Ingolstadt could be mathematically safe this weekend.

FC Ingolstadt 04 head into this Saturday's clash away at fellow newly-promoted side SV Darmstadt 98 on Saturday (kick-off 15:30CEST/13:30GMT) knowing that they could secure Bundesliga survival with a victory.

Matchday 30 - match stats

If SV Werder Bremen and Eintracht Frankfurt fail to win and Ingolstadt manage to do so, then Die Schanzer will be assured of Bundesliga survival.

Darmstadt are also in with a good chance of staying up. They have 32 points from 29 matches, and no team has ever been relegated with exactly that total at this stage of a campaign (although four teams with more points have gone down).

Impressively, neither of these two sides have been in a relegation place at any stage this term.

These teams have met five times in competitive matches, with exactly four goals being scored in all of them.

FCI won the first game this season 3-1 back on Matchday 13. This remains the only time they have won a game coming from behind.

Darmstadt are unbeaten in five games, a record streak for the club in the Bundesliga.

Ingolstadt have won their last two league games and are also in search of a club record, having never won three on the spin in the top flight.

Die Schanzer have scored 52 per cent of their goals from set pieces in 2015/16 and Darmstadt 47 per cent. These are the two highest figures in the division.